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WGUS54 KJAN 291353

FFWJAN

MSC035-073-091-291945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

850 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG

  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



* AT 850 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM EXTREME RAINFALL FROM LANDFALLING HURRICANE    

  KATRINA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALL OF MARION...LAMAR AND FORREST 

  COUNTIES.



OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS...RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A LARGE AREA OF OF EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL IS MOVING NORTHWARD JUST AHEAD OF THE CENTER OF THE 

HURRICANE. THROUGH 245 PM...4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



AND REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3103 8990 3101 8934 3092 8933 3094 8916

      3142 8915 3138 9003



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